WILD MAN!!!

Tucker is a total wild man.....he is all over the place with unending energy. When I say that he is all over the place I actually mean that he is all over the entire house, or whatever area in which he is contained. Before you know it he is either....in the dog's bowl; eating electrical cords, standing up against the toilet; eating dog hair; racing towards any open door; climbing all over Jackson (our 100 lb. dog); trying to find open/unprotected electrical sockets with his small fingers; pushing the vacuum around; trying to hang on the blinds; doing headers into the rug/hardwood floors/tables, etc. after trying to stand.
What a crazy man! He will be a great wrestler when the time comes...much to Lib's dismay and fear of him "being gay in those tights".
He is also trying to talk like crazy, though nothing discernable comes out.
PLEASE....I welcome your comments.

My Cousin Paul

Kyle's nephew, Paul, came to help Carolyn move. In the evenings we enjoyed our last nights at the Plantation Beach Club swimming and eating and hanging out with Paul!

Paul is so great with Tucker.


I love being with Tucker all day so incredibly much! Today we were driving home after running errands and he was starting to nod off, so I rolled down the window (the "freeze out" concept with 98 degree hot air!). When the wind hit his mohawk, the hair went straight up, he threw his arms in the air and opened his mouth as wide as possible. He drove this way almost all the way home as if he was on the best roller coaster at Disney World! My only regret is that I could not (safely) get a picture! He is just a really fun little dude to hang out with. I'm thankful for the opportunity.

Tucker's Dad's 1st ever Blog

Well...I just found out about the existence of this blog yesterday! Yeah, that's correct, I just found out. I am glad that Tucker is getting some "press" and that y'all can follow his life. What a little joy he is. He is getting closer and closer to walking everday.....of course when he is tearing around the house we will wish that he was just learning to crawl again. That's all for now.

Just because...

Some days I just can't help but take a lot of pictures just because he is so adorable. These days (11 months old) Tucker is extremely close to walking on his own. It will be anyday. He loves books and is often found flipping the pages and telling the stories on his own. His MeMe moved out of her house in Ponte Vedra Beach this weekend, so he was very busy helping during that process! He can't wait to hang out at her new condo when it is ready in July. He is also looking forward to seeing his Nan and Pop for his 1st Birthday in a month!

St.Simon's

Fun little day trip to visit the Gitukus and McClatcheys in St.Simon's Island, Georgia. William and Tucker love each other and love the beach!

Ahhh! What are you doing now?

Tucker and Reagan

Betsy and Casey have a new puppy, Reagan! She and Tucker were fast friends. Tucker would squeal with delight as Reagan licked and played with him. Brian's golden, Herbie, was not such a fan because of the pulling of the hair/poking of the eyes/rolling over/stepping on issues. Herbie, you are so picky!

St. Louis Trip

Deena's twin boys, Andrew a.k.a. Mini-Darin (in the glasses) and Adam (fast asleep on the raft!) They are 5 months old and precious.

Julie's shower in St.Louis. She is having twins (girl & boy). Deena and I were both in town for the shower and had a fantastic time all catching up with each other. For those of you who do not know Julie or Deena, they are two of my dear high school friends.

He was also a fan of watching himself in the mirror (and "kissing the baby" as shown here). Dad took down this mirror from the bathroom and it was still in the sunroom, so this served as hours of entertainment.
He is so vain.



Kyle went fishing in Canada with Dad, Casey, Brian and Steve for the week. Tucker and I went to St. Louis to visit Mom and Betsy!


Reading the safety instructions
on the airplane... he was the
only one interested. What a sweet boy.
After returning on Thursday night, Tucker gave us a huge scare and passed out while I was cleaning his ear on Saturday morning. He is fine now, but he was out for awhile and the paramedics came and gave him several tests (including an EKG...as shown in the picture). It was terrifying! No one is quite sure why it happened and they assure me it won't happen again??? Before this happened, Tucker falling off the bed head first ranked as our worst "parenting moment" -- now we have a grand prize winner! We didn't even go to the doctor for the fall!

Jess and Ben's Shower

Tucker, Uncle Fredrick and William!

Aunt Jess looking fantastic with one month to go! We had a great weekend in Atlanta... The shower was so fun -- hanging out with old friends and meeting some of Jess and Ben's new friends. Tucker made his appearance at the beginning of the shower and made yet another cameo late in to the night when he was woken up down in the basement. He didn't want to be left out of the party! Sunday we slept in and then had a fun lunch with the Gitukus, the Teagues, Uncle Jeremy and Scott and Jane. Also got to go back to Jess and Ben's for the afternoon and hang out. We are so thankful for our dear friends.

Aunt Granbertee

We had a nice visit with Carolyn's sister, Bertee, yesterday. Tucker played with Bertee and his fire truck - then a slew of CK's friends came over in the late afternoon to visit with Bertee and baby. Later in the evening we all went to LuLu's Fish Camp for a nice dinner out by the water.

We are heading to Atlanta this weekend for Aunt Jess and Uncle Ben's Shower! We can't wait to see them and Aunt Girbs and Uncle Fredrick (who are pregnant with their 2nd baby!) and Uncle Jeremy and... Tucker is pumped! We were supposed to leave about an hour ago, but Kyle has a flat tire down the street. Hopefully we will get out of here pronto.

Tucker and Kaile

Tucker's first kiss ...
(Kaile is the daughter of our friends Josh and Holly who just moved to Houston!)

The New Blog

I just decided this could be a good way to keep everyone in the know about Tucker's adventures! I sort of wish I would have started this 10 months ago, but this will have to do. I don't think I knew what a blog was 10 months ago!

The news in Tucker's life right now is that his fifth tooth is coming in (on the bottom right) without incident. His vocabulary is expanding by the day - we now here a lot of "Rah-Rah, Ma-Ma" and the usual "Da-Da". He is quite vocal these days and especially loves to happily yell (?) in quiet public places. Other favorite activities include splashing in the dog bowl with both hands, climbing over and around Jackson squealing with delight and swimming at the pool.

My first conversation with Pop

The First Weeks

This video is from September 7, 2005 - 6 weeks old!

His shirt says "Chicks Dig Me"... love it.